at first sight
idiom
: when first seen or considered
It appears at first sight to be a simple matter of hiring more people.
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The song captures the magic of love at first sight—that fleeting, almost cinematic moment when two strangers lock eyes and realize something deeper is beginning.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The song combines love at first sight, drugs, and death.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
The stylish scion of a garment-industry family, Schier fell in love at first sight with the lobby, a double-height great room with a romantic balcony that rings the second level and a coffered Moorish ceiling.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
Pierre Manevy / Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Allen said meeting Keaton was love at first sight.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The song combines love at first sight, drugs, and death.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
The stylish scion of a garment-industry family, Schier fell in love at first sight with the lobby, a double-height great room with a romantic balcony that rings the second level and a coffered Moorish ceiling.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
Pierre Manevy / Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Allen said meeting Keaton was love at first sight.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at first sight
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“At first sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20first%20sight. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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